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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, went to the local grocery store to get much needed essentials.
Beer, 1/2 and 1/2, eggs, and a strip steak.
On the way in, I put my mask on. Guy coming out is my height and 2x my BMI. Looks like your typical moron.
He says, "You can stop hiding behind your mask." Not breaking eye contact, I said....."good one, you must be a Comedian." I stopped and I knew what I'd do if stupid guy stopped. Lateral Kick to his his left side knee. He didn't.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)They dont expect it from a little old lady.
I dont have time for these fools.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)The twenty year olds.
I caught a grocery cart that was about to hit a car at the grocery one day. Two young guys walking by, one says way to go, old lady.
I said Shut up, and walked to my car. I could hear them laughing all the way.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)At least, if I had 30 secs to construct my witty and similarly obnoxious retort
Yours was still very good given the timeframe involved
OAITW r.2.0
(24,449 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 17, 2021, 10:09 PM - Edit history (1)
That anyone will joke about masks. TBH, there were few masks now in the Store,,,,,I bet most are fully vax'd.... Still. for any person to challenge your medical choices, that's a really stupid person. a true asshole. He has no clue what my medical history could be, but felt compelled to act like a Republican.
FakeNoose
(32,628 posts)I still mask up every time I go into a store or public building. If anybody says anything to me (it's rare) I look them in the eye and I say, "I'm making my choices and you're making yours."
Most people accept that with no problem.
blm
(113,042 posts)Diamond_Dog
(31,969 posts)If some idiot says You cant hide in fear!
Say
And you cant die in ignorance!
GoCubsGo
(32,079 posts)Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)
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OAITW r.2.0
(24,449 posts)a formal plan of 1st strike can be crippling and this moron would have been crying if he wanted to escalate the encounter.
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Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)Today, but you feel fine because you are vaccinated.
Hekate
(90,641 posts)*Cough*cough*
Comfortably_Numb
(3,801 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts):
Comfortably_Numb
(3,801 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,449 posts)plan ahead! Left leg was closest. him leaving the store. My point is....if he decided to escalate, I had a plan. He didn't.
sarisataka
(18,593 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Darn, its been awhile!
Raine
(30,540 posts)Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)of them saying something stupid to you?
Talk about not being prepared
..
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)I've just decided that's my line.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,449 posts)Keep it for when you may be insulted. This dude was not interested in discussing COVID....just get his learned joke used, He can report back to Central that he pawmed a Lib!
Lochloosa
(16,063 posts)I pull my mask down and tell them to look at this face and remember it when they are shoving the tube down your throat.
DemocraticPatriot
(4,342 posts)No one has said anything to me yet. I see a few others still wearing, but most people seem to be unmasked.
If anyone says anything, I intend to just ignore them. Not worth my time.
Of course the other option is to pull the mask aside, cough uncontrollably at them and say "sorry, I'm not feeling too good today.."
Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)If they do, it's already in my brain to retort "Mind you own fucking business" and keep walking.
Raine
(30,540 posts)I don't understand why anyone would risk making a comment to a stranger.
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)And Im not even a big strong tough guy. If anyone has ever looked at me askance, Id be unaware of it because I stopped worrying about how people view me somewhere in the high school years.
phylny
(8,378 posts)"I'm sorry, do I know you?"
niyad
(113,254 posts)staff. . . .
BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Wouldn't wearing a mask possibly signify you weren't vaxxed and therefore a fellow MAGA chud???
Oh that's right, the Racist Right doesn't follow the actual rules.
Demovictory9
(32,447 posts)Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)
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ZonkerHarris
(24,220 posts)"But you can die from ignorance" I replied and just kept walking away to the sound of laughter from the guy's girlfriend.
Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)It's always reassuring that fat-shaming is allowed and glossed over so easily at DU throughout the decades.
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)You can be anyone on the internet.
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Trust me, you wouldnt have lasted long living as a woman. Every woman here probably has a story about some silly, and often offensive, remark directed at her.
Gotta wonder, how are you going to handle it when arrested for assault and thrown in the pokey? Oops! Just exposed yourself to WAY more chance of infection.
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)I've stopped doing that. I just ignore such comments altogether, unless I'm in a really, really bad mood at the moment.
I'm not about confrontation these days.